#PowerBI Visual Tools (pbiviz) - Installation
Before you can get started you'll need to install the tools. This should only take a few seconds.
##Dependencies
Before you can run (or install) the command line tools you must install NodeJS.
- NodeJS 4.0+ Required (5.0 recommended) - Download NodeJS
##Installation
To install the command line tools simply run the following command
npm install -g powerbi-visuals-tools
To confirm it was installed correctly you can run the command without any paremeters which should display the help screen.
pbiviz
##Server certificate setup
To enable live preview visual assets need to be served on a trusted https server so before you can start you need to install an ssl certificate which will allow visual asssets to load in your web browser. This is a one time setup.
##Enable developer visual
To view/test your visual in PowerBI you need to enable the development visual and then you can add it to any report.
##Usage
Learn more about using these tools in the Usage Guide